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  Arlington VA (SPX) Nov 12, 2020 Raytheon Technologies has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Blue Canyon Technologies, a leading provider of small satellites and spacecraft systems components. Closure of the acquisition, expected by early 2021, is subject to the completion of customary conditions and regulatory approvals. Blue Canyon Technologies will report into Raytheon Intelligence and Space upon closing. "The space market is rapidly expanding and our customers need comprehensive solutions faster than eve ... read more |
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EMXYS news release Series A funding round closedAlicante, Spain (SPX) Nov 12, 2020 Emxys, a space technology company, has raised 2 million euro in funding. The round was led by Mundi Ventures with participation from CDTI. Financing from the round will be used to develop the ... more 
Telesat finalizes deal with Canadian Government to bridge Canada's digital divideOttawa, Canada (SPX) Nov 12, 2020 Telesat and the Government of Canada have announced the completion of their agreement to ensure affordable, high-speed broadband connectivity across all of Canada with Telesat's advanced, state-of-t ... more  
Northrop Grumman receives CRS-2 contract for ISS deliversDulles VA (SPX) Nov 12, 2020 Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded two additional missions by NASA under the Commercial Resupply Services contract-2 (CRS-2) with launches occurring in 2023. Northrop Grumman will deliver ... more  
Radiation Hard Lenses for Satellite UHD Video CamerasChesham UK (SPX) Nov 11, 2020 Resolve Optics has supplied video streaming specialists - Sen (Didcot, UK) with radiation hard lenses for their satellite-based Ultra-High Definition (UHD) video cameras. Sen launched its firs ... more |
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Mining rocks in orbit could aid deep space explorationEdinburgh UK (SPX) Nov 11, 2020 The first mining experiments conducted in space could pave the way for new technologies to help humans explore and establish settlements on distant worlds, a study suggests. Tests performed by ... more  
ILOA-IM announce agreement for 2021 Lunar Landing and Milky Way imagingKamuela, Hawaii (SPX) Nov 12, 2020 The International Lunar Observatory Association (ILOA Hawaii) has contracted Intuitive Machines (IM) of Houston TX to fly its ILO-X payload on the IM-1 Nova-C lander mission set to launch in the fou ... more  
NASA deems SwRI-developed satellites healthy, extends CYGNSS missionSan Antonio TX (SPX) Nov 12, 2020 NASA has extended the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) mission through 2023 with plans to revisit extending the mission through 2026. The constellation of microsatellites de ... more  
Independent Review Indicates NASA Prepared for Mars Sample Return CampaignWashington DC (SPX) Nov 11, 2020 NASA released an independent review report Tuesday indicating the agency is now ready to undertake its Mars Sample Return (MSR) campaign to bring pristine samples from Mars to Earth for scientific s ... more  
China's Chang'e-4 probe resumes work for 24th lunar dayBeijing (XNA) Nov 11, 2020 The lander and rover of the Chang'e-4 probe have resumed work for the 24th lunar day on the far side of the moon. The lander woke up at 3:12 am Tuesday, Beijing Time, and the rover Yutu-2, or ... more |
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 Researchers model source of eruption on Jupiter's moon Europa  
The universe is getting hot, hot, hot, a new study suggestsColumbus OH (SPX) Nov 11, 2020 The universe is getting hotter, a new study has found. The study, published Oct. 13 in the Astrophysical Journal, probed the thermal history of the universe over the last 10 billion years. It found ... more  |
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The International Space Station: 20 Years of Communications ExcellenceGreenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 09, 2020 For 20 years, NASA has maintained a continuous human presence in space. The International Space Station - a marvel of cooperative engineering, science, and research - has made this incredible feat p ... more  
Private rocket puts satellite into orbitBeijing (XNA) Nov 10, 2020 China's private space sector unveiled a new type of carrier rocket over the weekend. The CERES 1, designed and built by Beijing-based space startup Galactic Energy, made its debut flight on Sa ... more  
Hundreds of copies of Newton's Principia found in new censusPasadena CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2020 In a story of lost and stolen books and scrupulous detective work across continents, a Caltech historian and his former student have unearthed previously uncounted copies of Isaac Newton's groundbre ... more  
Surprisingly little water has escaped to space from VenusKiruna, Sweden (SPX) Nov 12, 2020 On 13 November Moa Persson, Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) and Umea University, will defend her doctoral thesis. Her thesis shows that only a small part of the historical water content on ... more  
Raymond document outlines Space Force's management practices, priorities, and identityArlington VA (AFNS) Nov 10, 2020 Chief of Space Operations, Gen. John Raymond, unveiled Nov. 9 a seminal document that aims to cement the new service's purpose and identity while also outlining specific management principles for gu ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Nov 12, 2020 
Science regularly requires maintenance, and the European Physiology Module (EPM) on board the International Space Station needed the latest fix.
Located in the European Columbus laboratory, the refrigerator-sized EPM supports research into the effects of short- and long-duration spaceflight on the human body.
The EPM is a multi-user facility that includes equipment for neuroscientifi ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 12, 2020 
The launch of the South Korean Earth observation satellite CAS500-1 from the Baikonur space center is scheduled for March 2021, the Glavkosmos Launch Services company said.
A Sputnik source in the rocket and space industry said the launch was scheduled for March 20.
A contract on manufacturing, adapting and delivering the Fregat booster to the Baikonur spaceport for South Korea's orb ... more |
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 West Lafayette IN (SPX) Nov 12, 2020 
Briony Horgan grew up in Portland, Oregon, where, enjoying the mountains and volcanoes that surrounded the region, she developed a love of geology. A long-standing interest in space made Horgan realize she wasn't confined to study rocks simply on Earth.
Horgan, now an associate professor of planetary science at Purdue, soon will have an opportunity to let her imagination dive into the geol ... more |
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 Wuhan, China (XNA) Oct 23, 2020 
China's manned space program has entered the mission preparation stage with the selection of a new group of 18 reserve astronauts. According to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA), the reserve astronauts, including one female, have been selected recently from 2,500 candidates. Among them are seven spacecraft pilots, seven space flight engineers and four payload experts.
Flight engineers a ... more |
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 Alicante, Spain (SPX) Nov 12, 2020 
Emxys, a space technology company, has raised 2 million euro in funding. The round was led by Mundi Ventures with participation from CDTI.
Financing from the round will be used to develop the ODALISS project, an innovative platform for small satellites with laser communications. Emxys (Embedded Instruments and Systems), a Spanish company based in Alicante, has closed a 2 million euro fundi ... more |
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 Nottingham UK (SPX) Nov 05, 2020 
The University of Nottingham has cracked the conundrum of how to use inks to 3D-print novel electronic devices with useful properties, such as an ability to convert light into electricity.
The study shows that it is possible to jet inks, containing tiny flakes of 2D materials such as graphene, to build up and mesh together the different layers of these complex, customised structures.
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 Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2020 
The amount of long-lived radioactive elements incorporated into a rocky planet as it forms may be a crucial factor in determining its future habitability, according to a new study by an interdisciplinary team of scientists at UC Santa Cruz.
That's because internal heating from the radioactive decay of the heavy elements thorium and uranium drives plate tectonics and may be necessary for th ... more |
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 Stanford CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2020 
On Jupiter's icy moon Europa, powerful eruptions may spew into space, raising questions among hopeful astrobiologists on Earth: What would blast out from miles-high plumes? Could they contain signs of extraterrestrial life? And where in Europa would they originate? A new explanation now points to a source closer to the frozen surface than might be expected.
Rather than originating from dee ... more |
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 Edinburgh UK (SPX) Nov 11, 2020 
The first mining experiments conducted in space could pave the way for new technologies to help humans explore and establish settlements on distant worlds, a study suggests.
Tests performed by astronauts on the International Space Station suggest that bacteria can extract useful materials from rocks on Mars and the Moon.
The findings could aid efforts to develop ways of sourcing meta ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 10, 2020 
China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS-3) has improved its timing service, according to a new study.
Researchers from the National Time Service Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences analyzed the time transfer performance of BDS-3 signals. Results showed that the time transfer performance of the BDS-3 is over 50 percent higher than that of the BDS-2.
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 11, 2020 
The lander and rover of the Chang'e-4 probe have resumed work for the 24th lunar day on the far side of the moon.
The lander woke up at 3:12 am Tuesday, Beijing Time, and the rover Yutu-2, or Jade Rabbit-2, woke up at 10:17 am Monday, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Administration.
Landing on the moon on Jan 3, 2019, the Chang'e ... more |
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 San Antonio TX (SPX) Nov 11, 2020 
Last week NASA snagged a sample from the surface of asteroid Bennu, an Empire State Building-sized body that Southwest Research Institute scientists have helped map with nearly unprecedented precision. Using orbital data from the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, researchers measured centimeter- to meter-sized craters on the boulders scattered around its rugged surface to shed light on the age of the aster ... more |
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 San Antonio TX (SPX) Nov 12, 2020 
NASA has extended the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) mission through 2023 with plans to revisit extending the mission through 2026.
The constellation of microsatellites designed, built and operated by Southwest Research Institute with the University of Michigan has made history over the last three-plus years, penetrating thick clouds and heavy rains to accurately asses ... more |
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 Taoyuan City, Taiwan (SPX) Nov 05, 2020 
The majority of the visible matter in the Universe consist of charged particles or plasmas which may develop the magnetic field reconnection (MR) at the places where the magnetic field direction exhibits abrupt change.
Through the MR the magnetic field energy may effectively be transferred into the kinetic and thermal energies of plasmas, resulting in many explosive plasma phenomena occurr ... more |
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 Mainz, Germany (SPX) Nov 12, 2020 
Cataclysmic astrophysical events such as black hole mergers could release energy in unexpected forms. Exotic low-mass fields (ELFs), for example, could propagate through space and cause feeble signals detectable with quantum sensor networks such as the atomic clocks of the GPS network or the magnetometers of the GNOME network.
These are the results of theoretical calculations undertaken by ... more |
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 Lemont IL (SPX) Nov 06, 2020 
As scientists await the highly anticipated initial results of the Muon g-2 experiment at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, collaborating scientists from DOE's Argonne National Laboratory continue to employ and maintain the unique system that maps the magnetic field in the experiment with unprecedented precision.
Argonne scientists upgraded the mea ... more |
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